Kathmandu, Dec. 17 -- Voting at the 11th General Convention of the CPN-UML, led by former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli, began in Kathmandu on Wednesday morning.

The election process, which had been postponed multiple times since Monday, started about an hour later than scheduled due to a technical glitch in the electronic voting machines (EVMs).

Electronic voting machines are being used for the polls. The convention has a total of 2,263 delegates, and technicians estimate that it will take around 30 minutes for each delegate to cast a vote.

Polling was initially scheduled to begin at 9 pm on Tuesday, but had to be deferred, UML General Secretary Shankar Pokhrel said. The delay was caused by technical issues with the EVMs, forcing...